New to Chess

Learn the language of chess so you can understand the game and quickly improve.

• 3 min
• 5 challenges

Find out how to win by capturing more of your opponent's chess pieces.

• 3 min
• 5 challenges

Understand how to go after the other player's king.

• 1 min
• 5 challenges

Protect your king from attack by getting out of danger.

• 1 min
• 5 challenges

You win when your opponent is in check and cannot escape. Checkmate!

• 1 min
• 5 challenges

Have you ever wondered what the fastest possible checkmate is in chess?

• 2 min
• 5 challenges

Discover what happens when one player has no legal moves on the board.

• 3 min
• 5 challenges

Not all chess games are won or lost. Sometimes they end in a draw.

• 1 min
• 5 challenges

Use this special chess rule to protect your king and activate your rook.

• 3 min
• 5 challenges

This is the most unusual rule in chess - make sure you learn it.

• 1 min
• 5 challenges

There are dozens of possible chess moves at any time. How do you find the right one?

• 4 min
• 5 challenges

Watch a complete game of chess played out with all of the moves explained.

• 3 min
• 5 challenges